Ballot Type: Computer

Submitted: Oct. 4, 2026, 10:30 a.m.

Overall Rationale: I have made my own ELO-rating system (similar to chess) for college football. Only final scores are considered in the ratings. W-L records do not matter. Margin of victory matters. My code is on github here: https://github.com/kyleaforrester/cfb_elo Losing to a good team might actually improve your rating if you played them close enough. Beating a bad team with a slim margin might drop your rating if your margin of victory isn't good enough. I don't care about the end W-L result or the W-L team records, just how each team performs when compared to what was expected of them.

• Ballot
• Analysis

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	447
2	Indiana Hoosiers	404
3	Georgia Bulldogs	401
4	Alabama Crimson Tide	368
5	Texas Longhorns	362
6	Utah Utes	355
7	Miami Hurricanes	343
8	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	337
9	LSU Tigers	292
10	Northwestern Wildcats	265
11	Tennessee Volunteers	255
12	Oregon Ducks	251
13	Texas Tech Red Raiders	246
14	Missouri Tigers	243
15	Iowa Hawkeyes	237
16	BYU Cougars	210
17	Ole Miss Rebels	210
18	Texas A&M Aggies	198
19	Arizona Wildcats	191
20	Duke Blue Devils	190
21	Nebraska Cornhuskers	185
22	Penn State Nittany Lions	180
23	Florida Gators	180
24	Wisconsin Badgers	170
25	UCLA Bruins	169

Teams Ranked:

Rank	Team	Unusualness
1	Ohio State Buckeyes	0.87
2	Indiana Hoosiers	0.58
3	Georgia Bulldogs	0.00
4	Alabama Crimson Tide	0.00
5	Texas Longhorns	-0.60
6	Utah Utes	0.64
7	Miami Hurricanes	-0.71
8	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-1.13
9	LSU Tigers	0.38
10	Northwestern Wildcats	3.19
11	Tennessee Volunteers	0.73
12	Oregon Ducks	0.05
13	Texas Tech Red Raiders	-0.15
14	Missouri Tigers	0.00
15	Iowa Hawkeyes	0.68
16	BYU Cougars	-0.99
17	Ole Miss Rebels	0.00
18	Texas A&M Aggies	6.94
19	Arizona Wildcats	5.65
20	Duke Blue Devils	0.00
21	Nebraska Cornhuskers	0.00
22	Penn State Nittany Lions	3.20
23	Florida Gators	-0.60
24	Wisconsin Badgers	0.00
25	UCLA Bruins	-0.79

Omissions:

Team	Unusualness
Mississippi State Bulldogs	0.69
Pittsburgh Panthers	0.43
Oklahoma State Cowboys	0.48
USC Trojans	0.25
Houston Cougars	0.25

Total Score: 29.98